A forest? In that case, here are a couple of seedlings and a (relatively) mature maple - because he is Canadian, after all...

From left to right: Greg Cymbaluk, Rod Nikkel, Dusty Smith

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We occasionally hear of people using protractors to try and measure angles off their horse and correlate them to bar angles on saddle trees. You just can’t do that – and here’s why…

We’ve had an additional body around the shop the past couple of weeks.

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This is a bridge. It contacts at both ends and has lots of empty space underneath it.

Merry Christmas everyone!!  OK, so the shape isn't quite right...

back in the ‘80’s, there was a cowboy…

I've had the privilege of being able to ride my engagement ring...

Our video, Western Saddle Fit - The Basics, is available either on DVD or streaming on Vimeo!! We have all our blog posts relating to how saddles work on horses organized on our website at www.westernsaddlefit.com.

Some people think that when we get Dennis Lane measurements or back drawings of a horse, we make the bottom of our bars the exact reverse of the back shape of the horse. Nope, we don’t. We have to make the tree fit that horse - to work whether the horse is standing still or moving, is walking, trotting or loping, is going uphill or down, is dragging a calf to the fire or holding the rope while the cowboy is doctoring the animal. This means that we learn the basic body type of the horse from the drawings or DL measurements and then we make the tree with the allowances built in that are needed to fit that body type.

We have three Western Stock or Aussie style saddle trees in various levels of completion. (Yeah, there's a story. There's always a story...)  These trees are now sold!